
Compound’s $52M Bet Tests DeFi’s Institutional Shift
Compound approved a $52 million, milestone-based development plan focused on institutional credit, testing whether older DeFi protocols can find a second growth model.
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Compound approved a $52 million, milestone-based development plan focused on institutional credit, testing whether older DeFi protocols can find a second growth model.

Ethereum is debating whether growing staking participation justifies continued ETH issuance, as EIP-8363 reopens questions about rewards, security and decentralization.

Solana’s real-world assets reached $3.73 billion, but falling fees and DEX activity show why tokenization still needs to prove it can create durable demand.

RWA tokenization is growing, but real-world assets still need reliable data, custody records, legal rights, proof of reserves, and oracle infrastructure before they can scale safely on-chain.

DeFi regulation is increasingly focused on what decentralization actually means, including protocol control, front ends, smart contracts, governance, compliance, and market structure.

Crypto privacy is becoming important again as institutions explore selective privacy for stablecoin settlement, tokenized assets, enterprise payments, and compliant on-chain finance.